Shadow is a quiet calm friendly boy about two years old. He is fond of the other cats in his foster home and loves to cuddle with his buddy, Scruffy, and with his people. He tolerates the rottie in his foster home.
Continuing on from last week’s column about the story of Jack in the Box and making 2018 the Year of Kindness, we had planned to tell you today about how the Oswego County Humane Society can help when you have a pet that needs a home and you think you may have run out of options. And we will get to that eventually, but today, in light of the weather, we want to talk about the issue of apparently homeless pets out in the cold. We all know that cold like we are experiencing now can kill animals. So we are asking all of you to do the right thing.
You may have read the recent Pet of the Week column about Jack in the Box or maybe you saw it on Facebook or received an email from the Oswego County Humane Society. They told you about Jack, the cat taped up in a box and left by the side of the road on a frigid December day. Luckily, he was rescued by some kind-hearted strangers who took him for vet care and he is fine now at the Humane Society and hoping to find a new safe home. But we have been thinking about Jack ever since then and the level of cruelty that he was exposed to.
Emily has a New Year’s resolution, she’s going to get on the treadmill and lose some weight! Seriously, she has been with us for more than two months now and we think she is bored. She definitely enjoys sitting in the window. She plays when you put a toy right in front of her. But, she’s not a fast cat and she is surely not hyper.
It’s that time of year again when people start thinking, however reluctantly, about the new year and whether they should be making New Year’s Resolutions. As a general rule, we have no opinion about whether you should join a gym or eat less or read more, because, to be honest, none of that affects us. But here is what you could do that we heartily endorse . . .
Section 353-b of the New York Agriculture & Markets Law requires that if your dog spends any time outdoors, you must provide shelter to protect the dog from direct sunlight, rain, snow, wind, cold weather, hot weather, and other inclement conditions. The shelter must be waterproof, appropriately insulated, and it must allow the dog to move around freely.
Just a few days ago some kind-hearted animal lovers were driving on Route 104 West when they noticed a large box by the side of the road that seemed to be moving. It was one of these really cold days. They stopped to investigate and found Jack in the box. Get it? Lucky for Jack, they took him right to their vet and he was checked out and found to be perfectly healthy, but very thin.
I was in a grocery store the other day and a man came in with his dog on a leash. I love dogs, but I thought that was a little unusual, so I watched them. The dog was wearing a vest that said “Therapy animal – Please don’t pet me.” I know not to interfere with service dogs, so I just observed from a distance. To be honest, it was horrifying to watch.
Butterscotch’s foster family has caught him several times underneath the Christmas tree, dreaming of his forever home. We need someone to make that dream come true. His foster mom has this to say about him: “What can I not say about Butterscotch? He is a wonderful, loving kitty who loves to give and receive love and kisses. Butterscotch is very affectionate, however he has to be an only fur baby in a furever home.”
Last week, we told you to stop worrying about poinsettia plants being poisonous to people or pets. But you had to know, we were not going to let you completely off the hook. With thanks to our friends at the ASPCA, here are the things you should be worrying about this time of year.
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